Achimota ( ), is a town in the

Accra Metropolitan District The Accra Metropolitan District is one of the 254 Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts in Ghana, and among the 26 such districts in the Greater Accra Region with a population of 284,124 as of 2021. As of March 2018, it spans an area of approxim ...

, a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

of the

Greater Accra Region The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the second most populated region, befor ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

.Accra Metropolitan District
/ref> Achimota means "speak no name" in the

Ga language Ga is a Kwa language spoken in Ghana, in and around the capital Accra. There are also some speakers in Togo, Benin and Western Nigeria. It has a phonemic distinction between three vowel lengths. Classification Ga is a Kwa language, part of ...

. In pre-colonial Ghana, its forbidden forest was a "silent" refuge for runaway slaves.

Education

Achimota is known for the eponymous

Achimota School Achimota School ( /ɑːtʃimoʊtɑː/ ), formerly Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota, later Achimota College, now nicknamed Motown, is a co-educational boarding school located at Achimota in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana. The school wa ...

, as well as the St. John's Grammar School. Achimota is located on the

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

highway just after

Tesano Tesano is a suburb of Accra, Ghana. It is on the main Accra Kumasi Highway before Achimota. The main campus of Ghana Technology University College Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU) is a public technical university in Accra, Ghana ...

and has well laid buildings, bars and a good nightlife.

Healthcare

Achimota Hospital, located near the Achimota Golf Course, is the primary healthcare institution in Achimota.

Transport

Achimota is served by a station on the Ghana Railways.

Facilities

* Achimota Police Station * Achimota Golf Course *

Achimota Forest Achimota Forest Reserve is a forest in Achimota in the Okaikwei North Municipality in the Greater Accra Region The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 squ ...

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